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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday he is looking into whether traders spread false information in an effort to drive down certain stock prices amid the recent turmoil on Wall Street.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday he is looking into whether traders spread false information in an effort to drive down certain stock prices amid the recent turmoil on Wall Street.

The federal government is to announce it will require crane operators nationwide to pass a certification test in its first update of crane regulations in nearly four decades, officials said Thursday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda----Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced today that it has provided a waiver to WL Ross & Co. LLC allowing investment funds managed by WL Ross to purchase up to 5,000,000 additional common shares of the Company in open market transactions from time to time.

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) PayChest, Inc. (Arizona) (PINKSHEETS: PYCT). Due to the recent changes in securities legislation, the company has had a small delay in issuing its most recent dividend to shareholders. The dividend is intended to be free trading stock rather than the usual restricted dividend (cannot be sold for at least a year or more), and that is reason for the delay. We feel that the small delay is in the shareholders' best interest. We do anticipate announcing an ex-dividend date within the next few weeks. The former PayChest website is currently being shown as part of the dividend process. The

CORONA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Vineyard National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VNBC) ('VNBC'), the holding company of Vineyard Bank, National Association ('Vineyard'), announced today that Glen C. Terry has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of VNBC and Vineyard, effective September 12, 2008. In connection with the appointment, VNBC entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Terry, the terms of which are subject to regulatory approval. In addition, Lucilio Couto was appointed executive vice president and chief credit officer of Vineyard, effective September 12, 2008. Mr. Terry's appointment is subject to

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) DUNDEE REIT (TSX: D.UN) today announced a cash distribution of $0.183 per REIT Unit, Series A for the month of September. The September distribution will be payable on October 15, 2008 to unitholders of record as at September 30, 2008.

PALO ALTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in apartment communities located in highly desirable, supply-constrained markets, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.02 per common share, payable October 15, 2008 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2008.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System on Thursday announced a temporary pullback of shares of four financial institutions in its Securities Lending Program.